quacksalver

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quack·sal·ver

Q0006000 (kwăk′săl′vər)n. Archaic A quack or charlatan.
[Obsolete Dutch : Middle Dutch quac-, unguent, or quacken, to quack, boast + Middle Dutch salven, to salve.]

quacksalver

(ˈkwækˌsælvə) n (Medicine) an archaic word for quack2[C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve1]

quack•sal•ver

(ˈkwækˌsæl vər)

n. a quack; charlatan. [1570–80; < early Dutch (now kwakzalver); see quack1, salve1, -er1]